Aetna Life Insurance v. Bayona

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

We hold today that a plan fiduciary may file an interpleader action under ERISA in an appropriate case.

Appellant Emelita Castro appeals the district court’s grant of appellee Aetna Life Insurance Company’s motion for in-terpleader discharge, and the district court’s dismissal of her counterclaims against Aetna, Good Samaritan Hospital, and the Good Samaritan Bene-Flex Plan. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm the district court.

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Evangeline Castro was a nurse employed by Good Samaritan Hospital. Aet-na Life Insurance Company issued a group…